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Cool, maybe I'll give it a try.

Next on the agenda is to buy a cube I can actually see. I must've had ice-cold hands earlier, as I got what I wished for - tiles were fading before I could complete a move!

Yeah that is pretty suspect. Need to know more about this segment - age alone doesn't tell us much.

Sorry for the dark deed of thread necromancy, but did this sell? Thanks!

Nice, is that 8 minutes or moves? ;)

Get well soon.

Huge loves for Seikos here, clearly.

Nah mate, this is too much for me now lol.

Whoopsie!

Very sensible choice. A nice bright speed cube (which you already have?) is all you need IMO.

I'm crap with the 'official' terminology, but guessing from your pic, it doesn't show you a second layer edge solve?

Yeah it's cool, but would've been nice if the tiles activated/deactivated a bit quicker, which would've triggered some haste in solving. Also for an official Rubik's cube, the quality is lacking slightly, though it's smoother to use than the bog standard cube.

And here it is after a brisk (light on hands, not particularly fast) solve.

You can see which faces (yellow, white) I didn't handle as much!

Ended up with this phantom cube. Totally a gimmick. The colours activate on heat and don't fade quickly, so it's more like a cube you have to warm up before solving. Bit tricky solving yellows/whites in poor lighting and slightly colder conditions, but that's it.

Pic was taken in sunlight, so colours are more visible than normal.

Oh nice. The OG.

You were bang-on correct. Well done sir.

What's a good speed cube? I lubed an old one with the wrong viscosity and yeah, not good.

P.S. yes I did use the thinnest, bestest chain lube I had.

Lol. Read the linked thread.

Ah, that's the official one. Might be worth testing the Brompton dynamo hack to see if you get on better. If you're around E&C on Thursday, you're welcome to check mine and mount your 1700lm light lol.

Does yours curve over the caliper like mine (Brompton) or straight-line (CatEye)? I tried the CatEye one and clearance was an issue - it was workable but contacting the calipers

Probably. I don't think the Brompton one will be much better, if it's the plastic bit. Here's my Brompton mount with cateye adapter bolted on.

You can buy the Cat Eye fork crown mount and fit the adapter to the Brompton fork crown mount (used with Brompton dynamos). Only costs a few quid and works well - cheaper than the 'official' while still using OEM parts - win/win.

EDIT: Okay it's a bit more than a few quid now:

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Cateye-Centre-Fork-Light-Bracket_99372.htm
https://www.condorcycles.com/products/brompton-hub-dynamo-lamp-bracket

Second Edit: Sorry, misread, but the light is just a CatEye AMPP400 with Brompton branding? Can upgrade to the 500 and with the hack above, will cost like 40% less than the official kit.

I think the need has finally arisen. Anyone selling a Brompton child seat or 'foot rests' for infants? 3-4 years, so like 20kg max.

I'm in a crappy situation where I'm dropping my kids off to 4 different schools (which was better than 5 until last month) by car, and even though not far apart - that last leg between Hackney Central and Stamford Hill will be much quicker and more fun if I pull out the Brompton.

r/oddlyspecific

Lol. The lime branding is awesome. Careful some secondary school kids don't try to ride and abandon it.

Enquiries into the Stayer UG have begun. Let's see where this leads.

This doesn't match the amazing stuff @Browndonneur is comissioning, but I've got a lot of these stickers https://shop.palestinecampaign.org/products/500-boycott-israeli-apartheid-stickers if anyone wants some. DM me.

This reminds me of the first time I tried fixed (outside of the track). I live on a hill. I rode down it, stopped at the bottom, flipped my wheel back to SS, and didn't ride fixed again for about a year, lol.

Legs to slow down helps if your legs aren't dead-liftedly dead, or similar. But it still puts me off doing proper fixed-road rides - city rides and group laps aren't so bad.

Congrats @ChainBreaker!